The United States should pay more attention to a series of changes that, depending on the way the leaders of these different nations behave, could create opportunities or lead to a new set of difficulties for the United States and its allies.

At a recent event hosted by CSIS Americas Program, both Ambassador Brownfield and Juan Zarate offered some thoughts on how the international community can help Venezuela during “Day After” challenges, as Moises Rendon writes in his new commentary.

A concerted attempt by the international community to force Maduro from office by challenging his legitimacy may help Venezuelans get their country back, as Moises Rendon, associate director and associate fellow of the CSIS Americas Program, writes in a new commentary.

October 4, 2018
| Michael A. MateraSerious runs on the Argentine peso over the last six months have been responded to with a sizeable IMF financial arrangement that was first signed in June 2018 and revised in late-September as CSIS Americas Program Director Michael Matera writes in a new commentary.

In the past week, the president of Guatemala has ordered its migration authority to refuse permission for the UN Commissioner of the International Commission Against Corruption in Guatemala (CICIG) to enter the country.

August 2, 2018
| Christopher SandsThis week, talks aimed at finishing a deal by the end of August begin, now that the July 1 Mexican elections are complete. But these talks are different: negotiators for the United States and Mexico are talking bilaterally, without the Canadians.

July 25, 2018
| Moises RendonThis kind of transition requires a leader willing to sacrifice power and control to build an open, decentralized, and censorship-resistant ecosystem. Only time will tell if President Duque is the right man for the job.